I’ve been writing about the characters of What Happens in New York for so long now that I often forget that not everyone knows them as well as I do!
So, in preparation for the launch this time next week(!) it’s time for you to meet the characters of What Happens in New York…
Meet the Characters of What Happens in New York!
Hollie Baxter
Full name: Hollie Beatrice Baxter
Nickname: Bea
Age: 22
Parents: Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Baxter, Ian ‘AWOL’ Lindberg
Grandmother: Marian Baxter
Pets: Golden Retriever called George
Occupation: Sales assistant
Eye colour: Pale green
Hair colour and style: Blood red, shoulder length, side fringe
Fashion sense: Bold colours, clean lines, lots of tartan and polka dot. A cross between Audrey Hepburn, Gwen Stefani, and Kenzi from Lost Girl
Likes: Designing clothes, Charmed, sewing, cross stitch, coffee (especially vanilla lattes), Highwater, cars, Oscar Wilde, making fun of clothes that are in fashion and will look ugly in six months’ time
Dislikes: Herself, misogyny, spineless people, Will, tea
Fayth Campbell
Full name: Fayth Theresa Campbell
Age: 23
Occupation: Bartender/pub cook/whatever else is needed
Parents: Ailie (deceased) and Darren Campbell
Pets: Three papillons: Rio, Paris, and Vienna
Siblings: Older sister Mhairi (deceased), younger sister called Brooke
Eye colour: Dark green
Hair colour and style: Long, dark brown, and curly. Usually tied into a ponytail
Fashion sense: Simple yet effective: jeans, slogan t-shirts, hoody
Likes: Cooking, Charmed, Supernatural, driving, gaming (especially World of Warcraft), Highwater, photography, writing in her diary, poetry, tea
Dislikes: Showing her emotions, her ex-husband Patrick, Hollie’s self-hatred, coffee
Astin Mack
Full name: Astin Theodore Mack (but don’t tell him I told you his middle name)
Age: 23
Occupation: Stunt performer, retired model
Parents: Sally and Jacob Mack
Siblings: Younger brother called Cooper
Eye colour: Blue
Hair colour and style: Short, light brown
Tattoos: DeLorean with Einstein’s head poking out of the window on his right shoulder blade; little brother’s date of
birth on inside of his left arm
Fashion sense: Timeless, very James Dean. Likes his jeans and leather jackets
Likes: Cars, motorbikes, rock climbing, kickboxing, American football, coffee (especially macchiatos), Oscar Wilde
Dislikes: Modelling
Liam York
Full name: Liam Andrew York
Age: 25
Occupation: Actor
Parents: Finola and Nathaniel York
Siblings: Older sister, Saoirse (deceased)
Eye colour: Espresso brown
Hair colour and style: Floppy dark brown hair that’s always in his eyes
Fashion sense: Smart casual. Prefers chinos over jeans and shirts over t-shirts
Likes: Gaming (especially World of Warcraft), indie music, performing in plays, directing, astronomy, comics (he’s a Marvel guy)
Dislikes: Paparazzi, people who think they can play games but can’t, having nothing to do, spiders
Tate Gardener
Full name: Tate Gardener
Age: 24
Parents: Jason and Lauren Gardener (divorced)
Pets: Morkie called Moxie
Occupation: Singer/Actor/Model/Businesswoman
Eye colour: Honey
Hair colour and style: Super-long, wavy, honey blonde
Fashion sense: A cross between Audrey Hepburn and Katy Perry
Likes: Fashion, knitting, performing, helping people, dancing, socialising, working, Jack (but it’s a long story)
Dislikes: Trinity, being told what to do
Trinity Gold
Full name: Trinity Emerald Gold
Age: 24
Parents: None (emancipated)
Occupation: Singer/Actor
Eye colour: Dark brown
Hair colour and style: Dark brown; very long and straight
Fashion sense: Bordering classy and unnecessarily revealing
Likes: Attention, performing, Liam, selfies, Instagram, herself, certain illegal substances, music
Dislikes: Tate, not getting enough attention, the sperm donor that assisted in her creation
There you have it! The characters from What Happens in New York! Don’t forget you can preorder your copy now and be one of the first to read it this time next week!
